ianstaley's single build with VW plenum and Weber 32/32 dft

[who444444]

as thick as they have for carb mine was only 1/32 inch rubber-fibre , sold in sheet or small roll.
worked fine but only single use. no sealer needed for me.
my type 4 plenum has 5/16 coarse thread holes. they may not be all the same though as I think more than one company makes them.
dave

 

[CRAFTMAN6001]

Okay cool, thanks for the heads up..

 

[Dusterdude]

My vw plenum has m8-150 i believe.i know its 8mm tho


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[ianstaley]

Sooo as a continuation of my build or bits of it. .. I have just done refurbing the revcounter.. see in prior post over the meters. see what you think.

 

[mcgovern61]

That is real nice!!!! :clapping: :good:

 

[AApple]

Saaaaah-WEEEEEET! :clapping: :good: That looks GREAT! :yes:

 

[Ansimp]

Beautiful Job!!! :good: :salute:

 

[who444444]

sorry if I missed it earlier, but where or how did you get the white face on guage?
dave

 

[ianstaley]

Ah I bought a set of pre printed vinyl faces there are a few on e bay and most in the states. for instance

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-GL1000- ... 3a8d3b896a

and

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-GL1000- ... 48620c5538

So what I did is split the instrument there are a few descriptions of how to do this on here and the other site I belong too NGW club.

if you look back a bit you can see the rev counter split and the plates unscrewed. Be very careful the screws are very small and they have some sort of glue on the threads, I would suggest you get a good pair of pliers and use them to just break the glue bond before trying a screwdriver. I foobarbed two of mine.

I then painted the original plates (be careful of the stop PIN) in a very bright white, the appliqués are transparent or you can get original green and black for the Ltd.
Stick them down very carefully as you can and will get bubbles.

I still have my speedo to do. Just out of perhaps interest I bought chrome covers from Germany to slip over the top of the instrument. you can get them here...
or just search on "gl1000 chrome speedo cover" and I chose Germany in ebay as I that's where I got mine. I also have a chrome bottom cover on them. But I want to re chrome them first. Hope that helps. Ian

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrombecher-T ... 5d3ee09c5d

 

[who444444]

very cool and nice job on your part

 

[who444444]

one more question regarding gauge. where did you come by the bezel (?) piece that holds the two halves of your gauge together?
thanks, dave

 

[ianstaley]

just a quick reply, I will take a picture of the chrome bit and the connector and post it here with the ebay address in Germany where I got the part. So hold fast it's comming.
Ian

 

[ianstaley]

Okay so here is the first pic and it shows the cover (this one is for the speedo) the lip and the ring...



This one just shows the components.



Now for the link in Germany. It is in German use a google translato.....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrombecher-T ... 5d3ee09c5d

and this one is in the states for the chrome bucket under the bottom half.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-GL1000- ... 4d1a7cb733

And

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-GL1000- ... 3cde57e4c7


Hope this helps.... :yes: Ian

 

[ianstaley]

I have just typed in in E Bay GL1000 Chrome and selected world wide, there is absolutely ton's of stuff in the states.

God if I lived in the states right now, there is a saying here "I would be as happy as pig in ****" Ian

 

[who444444]

Thanks for the info. I was hoping to find just the ring as that was what I damaged, but I kinda glued it back for now. :whistling:
dave

 

[ianstaley]

Okay so for all those that want the adapter plate "pics" I have begun to wonder when my adapter was going to be done, so I went off to see the engineering firm that is going to make it for me, the owner said he had a) lost my number and b) forgot the latter I beleive, so at least it will be done soon and now I also have a copy of the drawing he made so here it is. :thanks: Ian

 

[joedrum]

hmmm looks great so you are going to hi rise it cool ... looks a lot better than my plywood plate LOL

 

[sgq700]

On the other side Joe, wood does not transfer heat or cold!! That is why i use wood spagers on my drag motors opcorn:

 

[joedrum]

sgq700 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:37 pm[/url]":1wroqoth]
On the other side Joe, wood does not transfer heat or cold!! That is why i use wood spagers on my drag motors opcorn:

agree totally :yes:

 

[canuckxxxx]

ianstaley » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:39 pm[/url]":kccaqxfh]
Okay so for all those that want the adapter plate "pics" I have begun to wonder when my adapter was going to be done, so I went off to see the engineering firm that is going to make it for me, the owner said he had a) lost my number and b) forgot the latter I beleive, so at least it will be done soon and now I also have a copy of the drawing he made so here it is. :thanks: Ian

Ian, to attach the adapter to the manifold are you going to run bolts up through the bolt holes in the manifold?

Brian